The Israeli army on Thursday released the last moments in the life of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was captured by a drone in the Gaza Strip (see video above). Now more details have emerged. A senior forensic expert said the Palestinian militia leader was killed by a shot to the head.
“The cause of death is a gunshot wound to the head,” Chen Kugel, senior pathologist at the National Center for Forensic Research in Tel Aviv, told CNN on Saturday. Shortly before the fatal shot at the Middle East’s most wanted terrorist, Israeli soldiers on Wednesday observed three men moving from building to building in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, as The New York Times newspaper reported. After a firefight that seriously wounded an Israeli soldier, one of the men fled into a neighboring house.
The Israeli military then sent a drone into the building and discovered a hooded man, covered in dust, on a bench throwing a stick at the remote-controlled aircraft. A sniper then shot him in the head and an Israeli tank fired at the building, the New York Times reported. As a result, the terrorist leader suffered further serious injuries. Fearing booby traps, the troops did not enter the house until after dawn the next day. There they eventually found a body that strongly resembled Sinwar.
Finger cut off to check DNA
The pathologist explained that one of the dead man’s fingers had been cut off to determine his identity using a DNA test. “After the lab created a genetic profile, we compared it to the profile we had of Sinwar from his time as a prisoner. So we were finally able to identify him based on his DNA.”
According to media reports, Sinwar’s body is in an undisclosed location in Israel. His remains could serve as a “negotiating chip” in talks over the release of hostages from Hamas control, CNN reported, citing Israeli diplomatic sources.
Sinwar’s bodyguard was also killed
The Hamas leader’s bodyguard, Mahmoud Hamdan, was also killed during the fighting. The commander of the Hamas battalion in Rafah’s Tal al-Sultan district died just 200 meters from where Sinwar was killed. Hamdan was also responsible for guarding the six Israeli hostages killed by his men in August.
Source: Krone
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